Triggering Ideas
Wed, September 29, 2010 at 06:00AM "The First Amendment has the same role
in my life as a citizen and a writer
as the sun has in our ecosystem."
~Michael Chabon
It could start with a wrought iron gate. Shadows in the garden. A water meter. The faded sign on a bowling alley. Columns of numbers in an annual report. The label on a box of tea. The scent of starch at the dry cleaners. Or something my kids say, like, "window within a window." or "the sky is colored watermelon."
Let yourself be open to noticing things today. Take an extra second and look, listen, smell, taste.
The {sights - sounds - scents - words} trigger an idea which you can morph into something tangible using creativity and materials. But only if you NOTICE.
The pattern for a hand-carved eraser stamp, a doodle, the edging on a journal page. A new font. A unique mix of faded and saturated colors on an art journal page. The name of a character in your short story.
Creating things from your ideas is like using an unsharpen filter in photoshop. More at Step #290: Creative Ideas.
Tell me... what have you created from an idea?
Reader Comments (1)
I've done my whole bird series which has been so fun! It just started with a couple birds who had a quote bubble coming from them....and it just kinda escalated!! Yep, we gotta grab that idea RIGHT AWAY, before we lose our motivation!